A blog article over at the Hastings Center opposes legislation that “scripts” what doctors must say during medical counseling. From the column by Howard Minkoff and Mary Faith Marshall, “Government-Scripted Consent: When Medical Ethics and Law Collide” . . . . Continue Reading »
Jared has clarified his critique of evangelicals, which seems to be a sociological critique that, regardless of what we say at the end of the day, our orientation reveals that the political has in fact become an idol.I think it’s worth bringing up at this point Joe’s post from way back . . . . Continue Reading »
Christian Carnival #299 is up at The Minority . . . . Continue Reading »
This is an elaboration of a comment I left on Justin’s last post. Figured it could be brought up to the main page.I didn’t want to go through the rigmarole of registering so I could comment at the greater Wilson’s place, especially since only to do so would feel to me as becoming . . . . Continue Reading »
Watch FT’s own David Goldman dominate the discussion on last night’s Larry Kudlow show: . . . . Continue Reading »
Kitsch in the church can be a source of constant embarrassment or humor, not mutually exclusive categories, for my Christian students. Whenever they get too discouraged I point out to them that any large movement will attract all kinds of people.One should be careful not to be a snob and merely . . . . Continue Reading »
Kaleo Church Houston’s Bill Streger on the danger of legalistic “gospel-centrality.”I’m a part of the Acts 29 network, which is at the forefront of what has been called the “new Calvinism” and the “young, restless, and reformed (YRR)” (both of which . . . . Continue Reading »
Well that didn’t take long. When the Law Lords ordered the head prosecutor to create a public document stating which assisted suicides wouldn’t be prosecuted, he declared open season on the dying, frail elderly, and people with disabilities by permitting family members to assist their . . . . Continue Reading »
In a recent issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education , Xenia Markowitt, director of the Center for Women and Gender at Dartmouth College, answers the question: “Is It My Job to Teach the Revolution?” (Subscription required. The full article, however, is also available at . . . . Continue Reading »
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